Add newly created specific folder to .gitignore in Git
git, gitignore
Solution
Try `/public_html/stats/*` ?
But since the files in `git status` reported as to be commited that means you've already added them manually. In which case, of course, it's a bit too late to ignore. You can `git rm --cache` them (IIRC).
Problem
I had a clean working directory and brought in a clone from a Git repo last night. But now my local server created and contains a stats folder which I want to ignore. I can't seem to get Git to ignore this folder when I run a git status. ``` On branch master Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master' by 1 commit. Changes to be committed: (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage) new file: app_public/views/pages/privacy.php new file: app_public/views/pages/terms.php new file: public_html/stats/ctry_usage_200908.png new file: public_html/stats/daily_usage_200908.png new file: public_html/stats/dns_cache.db new file: public_html/stats/hourly_usage_200908.png new file: public_html/stats/index.html new file: public_html/stats/usage.png new file: public_html/stats/usage_200908.html new file: public_html/stats/webalizer.current new file: public_html/stats/webalizer.hist Changed but not updated: modified: .gitignore ``` I added in my .gitignore a few different lines but it still trying to add them: ``` public_html/stats public_html/stats/** public_html/stats/**/* public_html/stats/* ```